the parents of Marie Archambault (bapt 1636 - 1719) the mother of Agnes Tessier (1658 - 1732) the mother of Jean-Baptiste Richard (1682 - ) the father of Jean Richard (1721 - 1807) the father of Owen Richards (1762-1846)

The couple were both born at Dompierre sur Mer, Lardilliere,Charante-Maritime, France He was a few years younger than she as she may have been born in about 1600 and he was born in 1604/5. He was the son of Antoine Archambault and Renee Ouvrard. He wed Francoise Tourault on January 24, 1629 at Saint-Philibert du Pont-Charault, a locality in Chantonnay, La Roche-sur-Yon and there they brought seven children into the world before sailing across the Atlantic and arriving in New France. The children were Denis (bapt 1630), Anne, Jacquette, Marie (bapt 1636), Louise (bapt 1640), Laurent (bapt 1642), and Marie. In France, he was probably a laborer and also a wine maker as he sold three barrels of white wine to Jerome Bonnevie on August 15, 1637. The family arrived in Canada in about 1645. Jacques probably hadthe protection of Pierre Legardeur de Repentigny. When his daughter, Anne, signed her marriage contract in the presence of notary Bancheron on July 22, 1647, Jacques appeared as a servant of Legardeur. Then on the following October 2nd, Repentigy entrusted Jacques with the development of his farm. The five-year lease provided Archambault with 1 dwelling, 2 oxen, 2 cows, 1 heifer, pigs all appraised at a value of 732 livres. Jacques was already in debt to Legardeur. He was committed at this time to pay him 898 livres, 10 sols, upon the return of the ships from France. In addition, "in two years" Jacques must pay 500 livres for "half of the land which he will leave him the first year." As a tenant, Jacques could cut all the firewood he wanted, even sell it, by paying 10 sols a cord. This somewhat complicated contract, signed by notary Lecoustre, means that Jacques had just over-committed himself. On August 19, 1645, after the death of Legardeur in 1648, Jacqueand Jean Juchereau, Sieur de Maure, set up their statement of accounts. Jacques owed his creditor 384 livres, 7 sols. One fact is certain, on September 15, 1651, at Fort Saint-Louis in Quebec, Louis d’Ailleboust, Governor, ceded to Jacques Archambault, 4 arpents of frontal land "on the river of the great river saint Laurent in the place called le Cap rouge," between Nicolas Pinel and Pierre Gallet. Jean de Lauzon, new governor of office since October 13, 1651, confirmed this act of concession on November 17, 1652. Here, on November 23, 1654, Jacques bought from Etienne Dumets a house which the latter had built on the Archambault concession. Price: 71 livres. How did Duments property end up on the Archambault land. Eventually, Jacques moved with his family to Montreal. On November 18, 1652, Monsieur de Mainsonneuve, governor of the island, gave Jacques 30 arpents of land joing the city, between son-in-law Urbain Tessier and Lambert Closse, more than an arepnt in the city to the north of Rue Notre-Dame, between the present Rue Saint-Laurent and Rue Saint-Joseph. Father Archange Godbout adds that on February 15, 1654, Jacques committed himself to live at Ville-Marie. During the winter of 1655, Jacques and several residents of Ville-Marie made a deal with the master surgeon, Etienne Bouchard, who was hired on March 30 to “dress and give medications for all sorts of things, illnesses both natural and accidental, except for the plague,”to the signers and their family for the yearly amount of 100 sols or 5livres. This was the first example of health insurance established onthe continent. If Archambault was part of the system, it is because he had decided that it was very useful for his family living in the territory. Finally, on October 11, 1658, Jacques made a transaction with Paul de Chomedey to dig a well, 5 feet in diameter, inside the fort of Ville-Marie, at the Place d’Armes. He guaranteed at least 2 feet of stable water in the bottom of the well. He was promised 300 livres. He had a special talent for digging wells. On June 8, 1659, Father Gabriel de Queylus contacted Jacques. He needed a well "in the garden of the hospital of the said place." Jacques guaranteed the water like a master dowser, "two feet of stable water at least...in the presence of a current of water." The cleric would provide a support of 8 feet of wood, twenty planks, the stone, the lime, the sand, etc. Jacques took care of the ropes and received 300 livres and 10 pots of eau-de-vie in exchange for spring water! Jean Aubuchon and Jacques Millot signed as witnesses to this transaction. On May 16, 1660, Jacques Leber asked Archambault to dig a well,like the two others which he had already dug, for the use of thecommunity. The depth would be 15 to 18 feet. Promised price: 300 livres and 10 pots of eau-de-vie. Things were going well. Jacques had work and was highly respected. His children were grown and only Jacquette was living inQuebec. Then his wife, Francoise, fell ill. Doctor Bouchard could donothing and she was buried on December 9, 1663 at the age of 64. After things settled he married the widow Marie Denot de Lamartiniere. It seems there were no children from this union. According to Faillon, on May 15, 1672, Jacques was among the 29notable people who initiated the election of mayor Louis Chevalier. In the census of 1681, Jacques and his wife were living in the fief of Verdun, in the neighborhood of Montreal. Etienne Guyotte, a priest and curate of Ville-Marie, signed the death certificate of Jacques Archambault on February 15, 1688. Of Jacques and Francoise’s descendents, Adelard Archambault(1862-1923) became the lieutenant governor of Massachusetts andUrgele-Eugene Archambault (1829-1904) founded the Polytechnique School of Montreal.

Kate B. Armor was found on a Canadian Border Crossing list on 31 May 1925 at Port of North Portal, Saskatchewan, Canada. She disclosed on the Border Crossing listing that she was travelling to Vancouver, B.C. where she was going to visit her daughter, Mrs. D.C. Tait (Genevieve) until September 1825 at 2001 Granville Street. She indicated that she was 72 years old, a widow, born in Quincy, Illinois. She was traveling by train, via the C.P. RR and carried with her $60.2

Census and Residence

Census Type

Date

Census

Census1900

19 June 1900

Kate was enumerated as the wife of David McConchie on the 1900 United States Census in Oneida, Knox, Illinois. Kate was 46 years old.

Armella Souza Wharton passed away Monday, June 25, 2012, at Providence Medford Medical Center. She was born Armella Arseneau, February 3, 1922, in Manchester, N.H., to a seafaring father, Fredrick, and homemaking mother, Alice Gosselin. She had three sisters and two brothers. They had a frugal childhood during the Great Depression. As an adult she lived near Jacksonville, Ore.

Leaving home at an early age prompted an early marriage to Larry Souza, now deceased. She was a housewife, and raised two daughters and two sons by herself. Her family grew to include ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. As her family grew she decided to finish school and attended Rogue Community College for two terms.

Sewing and gardening were her specialties, and she had a greenhouse to start her plants. She was known as an expert seamstress with many blankets, lap robes, and specialty clothing items to her credit.

On June 21, 1986, in Reno, Nev., she married Ted Wharton, who survives.

She had many accomplishments including an ongoing membership in the National Sewing Guild, as well as a long-time membership with Fast Turn Manufacturing. She also did considerable sewing for the VA Dom in White City, Ore.

Internment will be in the Rock Point Cemetery, Gold Hill, Ore.

Burial

June 2012

She was buried in June 2012 in Rock Point Cemetery at Gold Hill, Jackson, Oregon.